Tag Archives: Great Lakes

Trick or treat! Twenty-three years ago, the infamous Halloween Storm was spinning off the coast and caused some major coastal flooding and damage at the Jersey Shore. No snow this weekend, but something else coming The massive extratropical storm, dubbed … Continue reading →

Is the polar vortex, which often brought frigid air to New Jersey this winter, planning a mid-July invasion? Nope, said David A. Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist at Rutgers University. “This polar vortex (talk) is like out of control,” … Continue reading →

Since 1993, the sea level has risen 0.11 to 0.12 inches a year on average – roughly twice as fast as the long-term trend, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That’s a rate of about 11 to 12 inches … Continue reading →

This winter has been quite cold in New Jersey, but nowhere near as cold as in the upper Midwest, according to the National Weather Service. Meanwhile, we might get some stormy (but not snowy) weather on Friday, according to the … Continue reading →

This winter’s extreme cold has had a chilling impact on the Great Lakes. They’re much icier than last winter, according to the Weather Prediction Center. This winter has also been quite a white one in the Newark and Central Park, … Continue reading →

I have often played hockey with family and friends on Lees Pond, a small lake in Moultonborough, N.H. And we’ve occasionally watched races on the frozen lake, with cars zooming around an icy “track” and kicking up clouds of frozen … Continue reading →

Last year was the warmest since 1895 in the lower 48 states and also featured plenty of extreme weather, according to NOAA. The mercury averaged 55.3 degrees, 3.3 degrees higher than the 20th century average, according to NOAA. Here are … Continue reading →

This cool photo, taken by an astronaut in the International Space Station, shows many of the places where I spent my childhood. It shows the Great Lakes, Finger Lakes (including Canandaigua, where I spent lots of time), the Rochester, N.Y., … Continue reading →

I grew up in Brighton, N.Y., several hundred yards south of my birthplace city, Rochester, which sits along Lake Ontario. I’m very fond of lakes, so here are three interesting images of the Great Lakes, courtesy of NASA. The bottom … Continue reading →

The Great Lakes have about 21 percent of the Earth’s liquid fresh water, but only lower-volume Lake Erie usually freezes every winter, according to NOAA. Here’s a NASA satellite image taken on March 3, 2011, according to NOAA (my hometown, … Continue reading →

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